Art from all periods of history

It has an outstanding collection of paintings, with works by the great masters.

The pieces in the museum were brought together by José Lázaro Galdiano, a passionate collector. The collection comprises more than 12,600 paintings, sculptures, silver items, jewels, enamelled and marble items, fabrics, arms… from the 6th century B.C. to the early 20th century. The different European schools are represented in the art gallery, with works by Hieronymus Bosch, Cranach, Reynolds and Constable, amongst others. The core, however, is the Spanish section, with Gothic and Renaissance panels, and works by El Greco, Ribera, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Murillo, Carreño, etc., and an important set of Goya paintings.

Essential works

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Ceremonial of the Consecration and Coronation of the Kings and Queens of Aragón

This is one of the three luxury copies that were made of the Ceremonial, where the regulations are written for important events such as the unction and coronation of the king and queen of Aragón, a rite and iconography, also used as a political tool.

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Cup

This cup is part of a set of twelve that was dedicated to the so-called twelve Caesars, according to the work De vita Caesarum by Gaius Suetonius (ca. 69-140), and it is inspired by the narrated episodes.

Príncipe don Juan hood

This hood, which is worn at the top of the back of a cope, was made in an embroidery workshop in the Hieronymite monastery of Guadalupe in its period of greatest splendour, at the end of the 15th century.